Aoi looked up from the journal he was reading out of and looked at his lover. The blonde was sitting quietly reading the journal he picked up. They found a few throughout the rooms and they were now reading through them, trying to find some clues. The raven reached out and rubbed Reita's cheek, down to his blue neck.
"Does it hurt?"
"A little." The blonde's voice was a bit raspy. He turned and smiled at his lover. "I'll be ok."
"I'm tired." Ruki whined.
"We can't sleep Ru." Kai said. "Remember what Emi said? One of us is the second median and we can't risk finding out who it is."
"You ok?" Toshiya asked. They all looked him then saw he was looking at Uruha. The honey blonde was breathing hard, clenching his arm, and whimpering.
The guitarist looked up and smiled as sweat dripped down. "I'm fine. It just hurts a little."
"Do you need some ice?" Kai asked.
The honey blonde smiled. "No, it'll go away in a little bit."
"Are you sure?"
Uruha bobbed his head. "Let's get these read."
They all shook their heads and started reading the journals again.
Reita flipped through pages, sighing every once in a while. He started squinting his eyes as the words started getting blurry.
The blonde opened his eyes to find himself in the small hallway again. He walked over and tried to open Emi's door, but it was locked.
"What?"He whispered. He looked at the doors on the right side, then the ones on the left side. He scratched his head looking at the third door on the right. He walked to it and went to grab the knob, but a weird noise caught his attention. He looked at the door across from it and saw shadows from under the door. He stepped towards it, grabbed the knob and opened it up. First thing he saw was a half naked man moving a dresser against the wall. He had a fit body, long raven hair, and then he turned around with a smile.
"You must be Reita."
"Are you…Ren?" The blonde asked.
"That's me."
"Do you know how we can get out?"
He sighed. "No idea."
"What about that key? You're the one who led me to it."
"True. It unlocks the door that will get you out of the house."
"You just said that you didn't know how to get out." Reita walked in more.
"I don't. I have no idea where the door is at. Sorry." Ren said before moving his bed over.
"I guess I need to talk to Emi's mother."
The raven suddenly stopped moving. "I wouldn't if I were you."
"Emi said that her mother could get us out."
"Emi is a naïve little kid. She only knows what she's told and she does what she's told."
"What? What do you mean?"
"Reita!"
"He's calling you." Ren said.
"What has Emi done?"
"Reita!"
The blonde woke up to see Aoi looking at him with a worried face.
"A-Aoi?"
"God, you scared us Rei." The raven said. "We can't go to sleep, especially you."
"Ren."
"Huh?" Ruki asked.
"I was talking to Ren." Reita rubbed his head as he sat up. "The key, it goes to a door. We can get out that way."
"Where's the door?"
"He…he didn't know."
They all groaned. Toshiya rubbed his face and looked over to find Uruha sound asleep.
"Kou! Wake up!" He shouted, shaking his boyfriend. The honey blonde groaned, opening his eyes. "You can't sleep. Ok baby you can't sleep."
"Come on Ruki." Kai said getting up.
"What are we doing?"
"Making some fashioned coffee. I think I can make some on the stove."
The blonde shook his head and followed the brunette out of the room, to the kitchen. They started going through the cabinets, getting some pans, funnel, and the grounded up coffee.
"The filters are probably in supply closet." Kai said walking to the other side of the room. "I'll get it, will you get the stove started?"
Ruki bobbed his head and fill a pan with water, sat it on a burner and turned is on. He looked around for the matches, not noticing the glass jar moving on top of the fridge. Kai looked up at the shelves and saw a container of filters, but they were out of his reach. He unfolded a step stool and walked up to reach them. The sound of glass breaking and a thud caught his attention.
"Ruki?" He shouted. He jumped off the stool and walked out to see broken glass in front of the fridge and the singer pulling himself up on the counter. The drummer made a dash to his lover. "Ru!"
By the time he stopped, Ruki was standing straight up, but a loud smashing noise sound from the dining room caught his attention. Before he could react, the singer swung around and slashed the drummer's arm, making him yelp.
Aoi was patting Reita's face trying to keep him awake as Toshiya did the same for Uruha. Then they heard a whimper come from the guitarist.
"Baby?"
"It hurts." The honey blonde cried, grabbing his arm.
"We're going to get you out." Toshiya said rubbing his lover's cheek. "I promise."
Before any of them could say something they heard glass breaking and a loud thud.
"What was that?" Reita asked. They got up and ran towards the kitchen, but as they were going through the dining room, the china cabinet against the wall fell in front of the door.
"Shit." Aoi yelled. Then heard Kai yell in pain. "Stay here."
"No." Reita said.
The raven climbed over the cabinet and glared at his lover. "Stay!" Then he went through the door. The first thing he saw was the singer slicing the drummer's arms with a butcher knife as the brunette was shielding his face.
"Kai!" Aoi shouted as he punched the singer, making him back off. The guitarist stepped forward ready to punch again.
"Don't hurt him!" Kai shouted. "Look at his eyes."
The raven watched as the blonde regained his balance and saw that his eyes had turned as red as the blood dripping from his head. "He's the second one."
The singer smiled before licking the knife. He shouted as plunged the knife towards him and Aoi dodged, but Kai couldn't move fast enough. As he moved, the knife slashed the side of his stomach and he jumped back, but Ruki sliced the brunette's chest. He went to stab the drummer, but Aoi punched him in the face, making him fall back.
"Takanori!" Kai shouted as kneeled beside his lover.
"Get away from him!" Aoi yelled, pulling the brunette back. He got Kai to his feet and started pulling him to the door, where he saw Reita climbing through. "I told you to stay in there!"
"Look out!"
The raven turned to see Ruki running to stab them, but he jumped to the side at the last second. They fell onto the floor and looked up to see the singer about to attack them again, but then Reita grabbed him from behind and held him. He yanked and pulled, trying to get free, but Reita was a lot stronger than him. So he stopped and turned to pout at the blonde.
"Rei, you're hurting me." He whimpered.
"Ruki?" The bassist lightened his grip and that's all the singer needed. He waved his arm, then dunked as the pan on the stove went flying across the room and struck Reita upside the head. The blonde flew back into the air and landed hard on the floor.
"Akira!" Aoi shouted. He crawled to his lover and lifted his unconscious body. A shiver went down his spine and he turned to see Ruki standing above him, smiling as he raised the knife up.
"Don't Takanori!" Kai shouted. The singer turned his head and looked at the drummer in the eyes.
Ruki woke up in a strange bed. He got up and found that outside was covered in darkness. He swallowed hard, but got out of bed and looked around to find that he was in an upstairs bedroom.
"Kai? Kai?" He shouted. He shook as he opened the door and walked out, but he found that the hallways were longer than normal. He kept calling his lover's name as he walked down the hallway, until he came upon six doors. Shivers went down his spine as he read 'death' on each of the doors. He took a few steps back, but he ran into something hard. He turned to find a wall had trapped him. He whimpered, but breathed to calm down, then he walked to the first door. He opened it up to find a young girl sitting in a chair brushing her hair in front of a mirror on a vanity. She stopped and turned her head with an innocent smile. Ruki stayed emotionless until he saw that she had blue eyes.
"You're Emi, right?"
"That's me." She giggled. "You're Ruki."
"Yeah."
"Nice to meet you." She said, turning back to the mirror.
"Your mother knows how to get, doesn't she?"
"Yes."
"What door did you say she was in?"
"The third on the right."
He turned to leave, but then he was stopped when she grabbed his arm. "What?"
"You can't talk to her."
"Why not?"
She let go of his arm and closed her door. "Because, the door won't open for you and also your friend is the only one who can talk to her."
"Why?"
"I don't know. She told me so."
"Why can't she come out and talk to us like you did?"
"I don't know. She just can't."
"I'm going in that room."
"No!" the young girl shouted. She ran in front of the door and stretched her arms out. "You can't. If you do, then your friends can't escape."
"What the hell is going on? Why is Reita the only one who can talk to her? Why is she the only one who knows the way out?"
"I don't know!" Emi screamed. Tears started streaming down her face.
"Why can't she tell you and you tell us? I mean, you've been talking to her."
"She said that she didn't want me to get hurt."
The blonde cocked his head. "Why would you get hurt?"
She looked him straight in the eyes. "I don't know."
"Ruki! Stop!"
"What the…was that Kai?" The singer asked.
"Daddy took control of your body." She whimpered.
"What? What is he doing?"
She grabbed his hand and led him to her mirror. She touched it and then the drummer came into view, making Ruki gasp. His lover was beside the stove, his arms and torso were covered in blood and cuts.
"Takanori, please!" He begged.
"Ruki, get a hold of yourself!"
The image slowly turned as if he was looking out his own eyes and he saw Aoi on the ground, holding Reita in his arms.
"Oh god." The singer whimpered. "I gotta do something! Emi, how do I stop him?"
She looked up at him. "I don't know."
"Do you know anything useful?" He screamed. He looked at the mirror to find himself turning and raising a bloody knife in the air. He heard himself shout as his body lunged forward. "No!"
Kai gasped, but before he could react, he saw the singer's eyes suddenly change back to their warm brown color. Ruki dropped the knife as he fell into his lover's arms and they slid to the floor together.
"Yu…taka." He gasped.
The brunette petted the singer's head. "You're back."
"Sorry. I… I hurt you."
"It wasn't you. Ok? It wasn't you."
A low screeching noise was heard outside the door, then it opened to show that Toshiya had pushed the cabinet out of the way.
"Let's get out of here." Kai whimpered. Toshiya leaned over and picked Ruki up, so the drummer could slowly get to his feet. He stumbled back a little, but regained his balance and slowly walked with them towards the door. Aoi started lifting his lover up, but the blonde grunted, making the raven stop.
"Rei? Are you ok?"
The blonde moaned as he moved to get up, so Aoi helped him up to his feet.
"Let's get to the living room and get Kai cleaned up." Toshiya said.
Everyone except Reita started walking, but the raven got in front of him and grabbed his shoulders. "Are you hurt? Can you walk?"
The blonde shot his head up, making Aoi gasp, but before anyone could react more than that, the blonde had a hold of his lover's neck. He slammed the raven into the wall and lifted him off his feet.
"What are you doing Rei?" Kai shouted.
"Not…Reita" Aoi gasped, looking straight into his lover's red eyes.
The blonde opened his eyes to find himself laying on the floor of the dark hallway with the six doors. He got to his feet and stumbled to Emi's door to open it, but it was locked. He sighed as he tried the next door, but it too was locked. Next he tried Ren's door to find it no different, so he turned to face the third door on the opposite side. He walked towards it and grabbed the handle getting ready to open it.
"No! Don't open it!"
He turned and looked at Ren's door. "Ren?"
"Don't open that door!"
"I have too, I have to get my friends out."
"Listen to me Reita. If you open that door, the only place your friends will be going are rooms like these."
The blonde walked to the raven's door and tried to open it, but it was locked. "What are you talking about?"
"You'll all die."
"Stop lying to him!" Emi screamed.
Reita looked at her door and saw her shadow at the opening at the bottom.
"I'm not lying. You've been lied to." Ren said sternly.
"No! Reita don't listen to him. You have to go in that door. Mother will help you."
"No she won't! She kill you!"
"She's not bad! Daddy's the bad one! Ren loves daddy. He'll do anything for daddy. Don't listen to him!"
Reita scratched his head. "I-I don't know what to do."
"He's hurting your friends."
"No, she is! Whatever you do, don't open that door!"
"Reita!"
"Ru?" The blonde whispered, looking around.
"He's hurting your friends right now! He's using your body!" Emi yelled.
Reita turned and grabbed the door knob and twisted it.
"Don't!" Ren screamed, but the bassist ignored him and opened the door. It was pitch black in the room, but he could see someone sitting on the floor in front of a bookshelf. He stepped in and walked to the figure, but then it stood up. It was taller than the blonde, bigger, broader and heavier.
"Get out of this room!" A deep voice came from the figure and the fire place lit up showing the man's face. He had short, thick beard with a mustache that connected to his side burns. His hair was grey and he had a widow's peak. "I said get out!"
Reita jolted as he turned, but before he could take a step, the door slammed shut and the sound of it locking echoed through the room.
"Let go of him Reita!" Kai shouted. The blonde's gripped tightened as Aoi's face started turning red. Toshiya pushed the singer onto the brunette, then rushed over and punched the bassist off. The raven gasped for air as he fell onto the floor, but he lifted himself back up. He looked up to find Reita laying on the floor. He started walking to the blonde, but Toshiya stopped him just before Reita started raising up. The blonde got to his feet and he started laughing, but it wasn't his laugh. It was a woman's. He looked at them and they saw his eyes had turned from red to a dark blue.
"Finally." The woman spoke.
Reita was jerking at the locked door, trying get it open.
"It's too late."
The blonde turned. "What's going on? Who are you?"
"I'm the owner of this manor. My name is Oshiro Satoshi."
"You're Emi's father?"
"Yes."
"If you're in here, then who's been hurting us? Who trapped us? Who's inside me?"
The man closed his eyes, as if holding back tears. "My wife."